Iga Swiatek and Anna Kalinskaya will face off in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.094
Anna Kalinskaya -> 7.3

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Anna Kalinskaya

There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Anna Kalinskaya since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Iga Swiatek

Currently world no. 1 Iga reached the semifinal after beating Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-4, Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-4 and Qinwen Zheng 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Iga had a good straight sets win against Zheng (6-3 6-2). During the match, Swiatek scored 61 points vs Zheng’s 46. Swiatek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Swiatek scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Iga Swiatek was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Swiatek broke Zheng 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Pole hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 81% of her matches (299-68). 14-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has an aggregate147-38 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Doha where she overcame Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(8) 6-2.

Iga has a composed 14-1 win-loss record in 2024, 14-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Anna Kalinskaya

Ranked no. 40, the Russian reached the semifinal after defeating Rebeka Masarova 6-4 6-3, Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-2, Storm Hunter 6-1 6-2, Cristina Bucsa 6-3 6-4, Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 7-5 and Cori Gauff 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter against Gauff, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Kalinskaya scored 94 points vs Gauff’s 91. Kalinskaya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Kalinskaya scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve 5 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 68% of her first serves in, winning 59% (44/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Gauff 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Anna started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Anna has an overall 14-4 win-loss record in 2024, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Swiatek	Kalinskaya
Match played	3	6
Tot Set	6	13
Tot Games	54	117
Pts	204-160	431-347
Total Points	364	778
Winners	82	193
%Winners	40%	45%

Swiatek played 3 matches while Kalinskaya competed in 6 matches. Kalinskaya started her run from the qualifications while Swiatek had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Anna Kalinskaya conceded 1 set while Iga Swiatek hasn’t dropped a set so far. Swiatek has played 7 set(s) less than Kalinskaya (6 vs 13). Therefore, Swiatek played 63 games less than Kalinskaya. Iga scored 82 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Anna blasted 193 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Swiatek	Kalinskaya
Aces	6	16
Avg per match	2	2.7
1st in	121/186	294/408
%1st in	65%	72%
1st pts	82/121	193/294
%1st pts	68%	66%
2nd pts	33/65	65/114
%2nd pts	51%	57%

Swiatek struck 6 aces (2 per match). Kalinskaya recorded 16 aces (2.7 per match). Swiatek won 68% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kalinskaya won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Swiatek	Kalinskaya
Won	13	25
Converted	13/26	25/56
% Converted	50%	45%
Conceded	17	42
Saved	12	33
% Saved	71%	79%
Times Broken	5	9

Iga broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Pole dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponents 25 times with a 45% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
	R2 Stephens	R3 Svitolina	1/4 Zheng	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-1 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	17	17	54
pts	80-67	63-47	61-46	204-160
Total points	147	110	107	364
Winners	26	27	29	82
%Winners	33%	43%	48%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	1	6
Double Faults	3	2	0	5
1st in	42/67	40/58	39/61	121/186
% 1st in	63%	69%	64%	65%
1st pts	26/42	27/40	29/39	82/121
% 1st pts	62%	68%	74%	68%
2nd pts	13/25	8/18	12/22	33/65
% 2nd pts	52%	44%	55%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	5	3	13
Converted	5/15	5/6	3/5	13/26
Converted %	33%	83%	60%	50%
Conceded	8	6	3	17
Saved	5/8	4/6	3/3	12
Saved %	63%	67%	100%	77%
Times Broken	3	2	0	5

Kalinskaya
	Q1 Masarova	Q3 Rakhimova	R1 Sanders	R2 Bucsa	R3 Ostapenko	1/4 Gauff	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-2 6-2	6-1 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-4 7-5	2-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	3	13
Tot Games	19	16	15	19	22	26	117
pts	79-67	61-44	57-31	66-53	74-61	94-91	431-347
Total points	146	105	88	119	135	185	778
Winners	34	29	31	24	31	44	193
%Winners	43%	48%	54%	36%	42%	47%	45%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3	1	8	1	16
Double Faults	2	2	0	1	2	2	9
1st in	52/72	39/59	41/50	38/51	49/66	75/110	294/408
% 1st in	72%	66%	82%	75%	74%	68%	72%
1st pts	34/52	29/39	31/41	24/38	31/49	44/75	193/294
% 1st pts	65%	74%	76%	63%	63%	59%	66%
2nd pts	14/20	11/20	5/9	8/13	13/17	14/35	65/114
% 2nd pts	70%	55%	56%	62%	76%	40%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	4	4	5	4	6	25
Converted	2/11	4/7	4/6	5/14	4/5	6/13	25/56
Converted %	18%	57%	67%	36%	80%	46%	45%
Conceded	9	7	4	2	5	15	42
Saved	9/9	7/7	4/4	0/2	3/5	10/15	33
Saved %	100%	100%	100%	0%	60%	67%	142%
Times Broken	0	0	0	2	2	5	9

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Hugo DellienDellien (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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